IMO a combination of things is killing pubs
Culture change - back in the day a pub was where the working man went after work for a drink with his mates. My grandmother, for example, would never have been seen dead in a pub. People's working lives are different now, more shift work etc.
Supermarkets selling alcohol- should be stopped. Pubs and off licences only.
Greedy pubcos forcing landlords to sell more beer than is in the barrel, charging extortionate rents, etc.
SOFT DRINK prices - how the shuddering fuck does a dutyless pint of Coke made from tap water and concentrate cost nearly as much as a pint of beer? Way to encourage not drinking and driving, too.
Smoking ban - to some extent.

I love pubs, and beer, and it's sad to see some go.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:48, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Your grandmother wouldn't be seen dead in a pub because she used to strip in them
and didn't want to be recognised.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:49, Reply)

No one seems to mention that an awful lot of pubs are shit and full of cunts.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:49, Reply)

/MK

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:51, Reply)

Yeah, go drinking in Camden

(PsychoChomp, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:52, Reply)

Nah you're alright thanks
Wilf might be there
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:53, Reply)

Don't forget Emvee and Vagabond

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:54, Reply)

*tries to*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 10:00, Reply)

They're rarely 'full' of cunts these days.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:51, Reply)

This is exactly why our local shut
full of scumbags and druggies, but unfortunately they were the only people with the spare time, money and inclination to spend a lot of time in there.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:53, Reply)

Isn't the problem that 'scumbags and druggies' don't have the money to spend there.
If the landlord had kicked out all the scrotes and done something to make his pub more appealing to nicer people with money, it might not have closed.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:55, Reply)

Indeed.
They did try a bit (good food deals etc) but the place really needs a full refurb, which they didn't have the cash for.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 10:06, Reply)

Even Tesco?
b3ta.com/search/answers?q=tesco+brewdog
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:53, Reply)

I tried that double IPA because of the talk of it on here.
It gave me a massive hangover. Stupid 9% beer.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:55, Reply)

It's all Lokesy's fault.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:57, Reply)

You're supposed to savour it, not guzzle it.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 10:08, Reply)

Especially Tesco
local offy should be able to stock anything there's a demand for. Plus there's a specialist beer shop in town.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 9:57, Reply)

If Tesco didn't exist that beer would never have been made.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 10:00, Reply)

He he
I get this
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 10:01, Reply)

Cobblers
It was made before, they just changed the name for some reason, the brewery calls it Hardcore IPA.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 13 Mar 2013, 10:02, Reply)